Clients often get upset with the behavior of a business partner and wish to sue them back to the stone age. The story often includes something like they promised high quality or responsiveness and they did not deliver. Calling your litigation attorney ready to fight should probably not be your first phone call. Instead you should consider how does this litigation further my business strategy? How much time and attention away from my business will this litigation entail? Is it worth the allocation of my resources?
While litigators litigate, on the other hand, smart corporate counsel ask these questions and help figure out if litigation makes business sense. Senior management usually regrets the decision to litigate when they get caught up in their hard feelings over not being treated fairly. At some point in all our lives, business partners will not live up to expectations and those who approach these issues based on the facts and not emotion make the best decision. In all my years practicing law, the agony of the interminable litigation process overshadows the feeling that justice was served even in ultimately successful lawsuits.
Get Emotional Over Litigation at Your Peril
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